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Timing of Income Assistance Payment and Overdose Patterns at a Canadian Supervised Injection Facility Zlotorzynska, Maria; Milloy, M-J; Richardson, Lindsey, 1977-; Nguyen, Paul; Montaner, Julio; Wood, Evan; Kerr, Thomas

Abstract

Background: Little is known about the relationship between timing of income assistance provision and health behaviours among injection drug users (IDU). We therefore investigated associations between income assistance provision and overdose patterns among IDU utilizing Insite, a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada. Methods: Using data collected at Insite between March 2004 and December 2010, we examined trends in overdoses and drugs injected. Data were stratified by proximity to the most recent day of issue of income assistance cheques, based on dates provided by the province. Results: After adjustment for frequency of use, the risk of overdose for those injecting at Insite on the three days starting with “cheque day” was higher than for those injecting on other days (Odds Ratio [OR]=2.06; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.80–2.36, p

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Timing of Income Assistance Payment and Overdose Patterns at a Canadian Supervised Injection Facility
Creator
Zlotorzynska, Maria; Milloy, M-J; Richardson, Lindsey, 1977-; Nguyen, Paul; Montaner, Julio; Wood, Evan; Kerr, Thomas
Contributor
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Date Issued
2014-04-04
Description
Background: Little is known about the relationship between timing of income assistance provision and health behaviours among injection drug users (IDU). We therefore investigated associations between income assistance provision and overdose patterns among IDU utilizing Insite, a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada. Methods: Using data collected at Insite between March 2004 and December 2010, we examined trends in overdoses and drugs injected. Data were stratified by proximity to the most recent day of issue of income assistance cheques, based on dates provided by the province. Results: After adjustment for frequency of use, the risk of overdose for those injecting at Insite on the three days starting with “cheque day” was higher than for those injecting on other days (Odds Ratio [OR]=2.06; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.80–2.36, p
Subject
Overdose; Illicit drug use; Cheque effects; Supervised injection facilities; Income assistance
Geographic Location
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2017-05-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0347306
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61497
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Medicine, Department of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of; Sociology, Department of; Arts, Faculty of
Citation
Zlotorzynska, M., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L., Nguyen, P., Montaner, J.S., Wood, E., Kerr, T. Timing of Income Assistance Payment and Overdose Patterns at a Canadian Supervised Injection Facility. International Journal of Drug Policy 25 (4): 736-9.
Publisher DOI
10. 1016/j.drugpo.2014.03.014
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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